Kevin Hargaden is the Social Theologian at the Jesuit Centre for Faith and Justice in Dublin, Ireland. He is the editor of Beginnings: Interrogating Stanley Hauerwas (2017) and (with Brian Brock and Nick Watson) Theology, Disability and Sport: Social Justice Perspectives (2018).
"By drawing on the parables, Kevin Hargaden helps us see that in
fact Jesus does have some quite straightforward judgments about
wealth and its dangers. He combines that analysis with a stunning
knowledge of recent economic understanding that gives him an
insightful account of the recent crisis in the Irish economy. This
is a book that has been begging to be written and now Kevin
Hargaden has done it--no mean feat."
--Stanley Hauerwas, author of The Character of Virtue: Letters to a
Godson
"Kevin Hargaden has produced a timely, thoughtful, and provocative
work of theological ethics. His critique of neoliberalism is highly
original and persuasive. His analysis of the ways in which economic
values are embedded in cultural practices is brilliant, allowing
the reader to understand why neoliberalism persists, despite all of
its woes. A deeply challenging but rewarding read."
--Linda Hogan, Professor of Ecumenics, Trinity College Dublin
"Hargaden's study is as engaging as it is unsettling precisely
because he invites us to consider the theological depth and scope
of our 'money troubles'. Working creatively at the intersection of
ethics, theology, and economics, Hargaden suggests how attending to
the new world attested in Jesus' parables can break open the
seeming inevitability of our current economic regimes and animate a
worshipful Christian freedom amidst wealth's captivity."
--Philip G. Ziegler, Professor of Systematic Theology, University
of Aberdeen
"We live in an age when it seems we can never have enough, for
there is always more to desire and obtain. Kevin Hargaden's book
gives us a fantastic opportunity . . . to reflect anew on what
wealth means for the people of God. Hargaden skillfully brings
together contemporary Irish economic history, Karl Barth's
theology, and a beautiful articulation of worship as a way of
creatively reimagining what it means to have enough."
--Jana M. Bennett, Professor of Moral Theology, University of
Dayton, Ohio
"Kevin Hargaden is an exciting and prophetic young Irish
theological voice, crying out in contemporary idiom and from the
heart of the Reformed tradition. His biblical and theological
analysis of the problem of wealth is both erudite and provocative .
. . which challenges us to resist the hegemony of neo-liberalism
over our imaginations, and find sources of resistance in the
parables of Jesus, theology, and worship."
--Gerry O'Hanlon, S.J., theologian, author, and former Provincial
of the Irish Jesuits
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